Is that... THE JJprise mesh...? :love
Yes, yes it is... :cool
Is that... THE JJprise mesh...? :love
Considering the model at Nuremberg is either a 3D grown prototype model or a test shot (either of which looks like it was hastily built) I would say it is pointless right now to start trying to compare angles of sub-assemblies from side views. Looking at the sub-assemblies themselves, they seem to be correct enough and a modeler should easily be able to overcome any angle issues if they cut their teeth on old 18" AMT TOS Enterprise kits (long box ones especially).
Besides, even though the Revell TOS Enterprise has some weirdo shape issues, fit everything together and things seem to align just fine. So I expect the JJ Prise will be the same. I'll be ordering at least one from a UK based vendor and I'll do a Youtube review of it once it arrives.
According to one of the members over on Hobby Talk, who lives in Germany, the build-up for the show was made from "grown 3D parts" and is not a test shot. Regardless, JMChladek is right--if you've ever built any of the AMT TOS Enterprise kits you should be well-versed in getting everything to line up properly. :lolAccording to some sources it's supposedly a grown prototype for the show.... Don't know for certain, but wouldn't surprise me..
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I highly doubt there will be sag problems with the kit.
I wouldn't put too much faith in Revell's stated scale for this kit, especially considering even J.J.'s CGI crew doesn't have any exact figures for the dimensions of the "actual" ship. Using the scene of the shuttlecraft flying into the ship's hangar bay as reference, one of the members over on Hobby Talk extrapolated the ship's length as 5,836 feet. :eek...Very glad that they decided to redo the scale of the ship in the movie...but still at 1:500 that puts the ship at nearly 1000 feet still pretty darn big.
All I can say is I can't wait, & wish I could read German!
This pic makes it look like 20-30 feet....one of the members over on Hobby Talk extrapolated the ship's length as 5,836 feet. :eek
This pic makes it look like 20-30 feet.
That pic makes it look like a party raft on the south end of the Colorado river. :lolThis pic makes it look like 20-30 feet.
I wouldn't put too much faith in Revell's stated scale for this kit, especially considering even J.J.'s CGI crew doesn't have any exact figures for the dimensions of the "actual" ship. Using the scene of the shuttlecraft flying into the ship's hangar bay as reference, one of the members over on Hobby Talk extrapolated the ship's length as 5,836 feet. :eek
They rendered all the ships at 1:1 scale, so I would imagine they know exactly how big it is. I state this because in the BR extras they (cgi guys) said that is what they did this so they could get an incredible amount of detail. If you want to get the true size of the ship, I'd go to the CGI team for that info.